GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| motley | variegated in color |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| replicate | duplicate |